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Recruitment consultancy Randstad Financial & Professional has taken on seven new staff members.
Interim management firm Randstad Interim Executives has appointed James Wheeler as client relationship manager to develop the firm’s client portfolio.
Outsourcing firm Capita has acquired medical screening service provider Medicals Direct Holdings for £13.2m. The deal also includes a deferred consideration linked to profit performance of up to £2m, and comes a couple of weeks after the firm placed an extra 40m new ordinary shares, raising around £274m to fund further acquisitions, as reported by recruiter.co.uk on 25 April.
Global executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has appointed Janet Chen as country head for China.
Talent assessment tool The McQuaig System is now available to all members of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) and members of the body’s executive career management service BlueSteps.com. This follows the AESC’s partnering with the tool’s creator, The McQuaig Institute.
Trade body the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is aiming to bring 60,000 new recruits into the sector by 2020.
Fast food restaurant chain McDonalds will need 70,000 new staff as it expands current operations and opens up to 250 new stores this year in China.
Multi-sector recruiter Stafforce has appointed Paul Brammer as director of services. This is a newly created role to grow Stafforce’s consultancy services, which complement its traditional recruitment services. Brammer joined the Stafforce in July 2011 from the skills and employability sector. Since joining Stafforce, he has worked as business manager for special projects, focusing on developing opportunities beyond Stafforce’s traditional core recruitment business.
Professional and management recruiter Antal International has appointed Caroline Joyce as new franchise development manager in the UK.
Tim Munden has been made vice president for HR in the UK & Ireland business of FMCG giant Unilever.
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